134 Susans agree
The continuing hysteria whipped up over same-sex marriage by Canada's opposition Conservative Party is going to turn us into a carbon copy of the United States. We will lose our healthy multiple party system -- one that provides real representation for ideas from all over the political spectrum. Instead, faced with what appears to be loony extremism from the Tories, voters will be too afraid to cast ballots for smaller parties: It'll be the Liberals, currently running a minority government whose time is limited, or nuthin'. Cuz no one else has a chance of beating the bad guys.
The latest wedding broadside,
an open letter chastising Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper, is signed by 134 testy lawyers telling him to smarten up.